Arrangement of carriage-springs



E. ROUGHTON Carriage-Spring.

No. Patented Feb 26, 186I.

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Inventor Witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. ROUGHTON, OF FROSTBURG, MARYLAND.

ARRANGEMENT OF CARRIAGE-SPRINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 31,560, dated February 26, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. ROUGHTON, of Frostburg, 1n the county of Alleganyand 'w btate of Maryland, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements 111 Sprmgs for Carriages and other Vehicles; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing and arrangingvehicle springs in the manner hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawings Figure 1 represents a side view of buggy bodywith springs attached. Fig. 2 is an end or back view of same.

In the figures A represents the body of the vehicle; B, B, the headsblocks and C, the connecting shaft or bar between them.

a, a, represent two rods which are secured perpendicularly to the headblocks near the ends of eachthe head blocks being between the rods andalso between two plates 0, 0, which secure the rods, as well as thesprings to the head blocks.

To the four corners of the vehicle are secured the projecting bars (Z,(Z, which rest upon the springs and which are provided with holesthrough which the rods (4, a, pass.

E, represents a band of metal which passes over the springs as seen inFig. 2 the upper ends of the rods passing through and being attachedsecurely to said band.

H, H, represent the springs which are formed by taking a straight pieceof steel and bending it until its two ends touch. These ends are thencaught under the plate 0, and are there secured by bolts on the lowerends of the rods a, a, or otherwise if desired. The tension of thisspring may be increased by duplication as seen in Fig. 2, where twopieces are used. More may be used if neces sary. The bars (Z, (Z, pressupon the top of the outer spring in the manner shown'said bars beingallowed to slide freely over the rods a, a. Springs may be used betweenthe bars (Z, (Z, and the band E, to prevent the body of the vehicle fromjumping up when passing over obstructions. In this manner a very cheapand easily constructed spring may be used and the four corners of thebody of the vehicle will be supported alike.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. The employment of the bars (Z, cl, therods (4, a, and the band E, arranged in the manner represented for thepurpose of holding the body of the vehicle in position, and forshielding, and protecting the springs from strain substantially as setforth.

2. The combination of the springs H H with the bars (Z, (Z, rods a, a,band E, and plates 0, 0, the several parts being used as and for thepurpose specified.

E. ROUGHTON.

lVitnesses V G. M. ALEXANDER, A. A. YEATMAN.

